diff --git a/devices/clients/SNMP_client.py b/devices/clients/SNMP_client.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 47d441e11653ccf31bb3c2d4fc52bfecf21bc3a5..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/devices/clients/SNMP_client.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,156 +0,0 @@
-from src.comms_client import CommClient
-import snmp
-import numpy
-import traceback
-
-__all__ = ["SNMP_client"]
-
-
-snmp_to_numpy_dict = {
-    snmp.types.INTEGER: numpy.int64,
-    snmp.types.TimeTicks: numpy.int64,
-    snmp.types.OCTET_STRING: str,
-    snmp.types.OID: str
-}
-
-snmp_types = {
-    "Integer": numpy.int64,
-    "Gauge": numpy.int64,
-    "TimeTick": numpy.int64,
-    "Counter32": numpy.int64,
-    "OctetString": str,
-    "IpAddress": str,
-    "OID": str,
-}
-
-
-# numpy_to_snmp_dict = {
-#     numpy.int64,
-#     numpy.int64,
-#     str,
-# }
-
-
-class SNMP_client(CommClient):
-    """
-        messages to keep a check on the connection. On connection failure, reconnects once.
-    """
-
-    def start(self):
-        super().start()
-
-    def __init__(self, community, host, timeout, fault_func, streams, try_interval=2):
-        """
-        Create the SNMP and connect() to it
-        """
-        super().__init__(fault_func, streams, try_interval)
-
-        self.community = community
-        self.host = host
-        self.manager = snmp.Manager(community=bytes(community, "utf8"))
-
-        # Explicitly connect
-        if not self.connect():
-            # hardware or infra is down -- needs fixing first
-            fault_func()
-            return
-
-    def connect(self):
-        """
-        Try to connect to the client
-        """
-        self.streams.debug_stream("Connecting to community: %s, host: %s", self.community, self.host)
-
-        self.connected = True
-        return True
-
-    def ping(self):
-        """
-        ping the client to make sure the connection with the client is still functional.
-        """
-        pass
-
-    def _setup_annotation(self, annotation):
-        """
-        This class's Implementation of the get_mapping function. returns the read and write functions
-        """
-
-        if isinstance(annotation, dict):
-            # check if required path inarg is present
-            if annotation.get('oids') is None:
-                AssertionError("SNMP get attributes require an oid")
-            oids = annotation.get("oids")  # required
-        else:
-            TypeError("SNMP attributes require a dict with oid(s)")
-            return
-
-        return oids
-
-    def setup_value_conversion(self, attribute):
-        """
-        gives the client access to the attribute_wrapper object in order to access all data it could potentially need.
-        """
-
-        dim_x = attribute.dim_x
-        dim_y = attribute.dim_y
-
-        return dim_x, dim_y
-
-    def get_oids(self, x, y, in_oid):
-
-        if x == 0:
-            x = 1
-        if y == 0:
-            y = 1
-
-        nof_oids = x * y
-
-        if nof_oids == 1:
-            # is scalar
-            if type(in_oid) is str:
-                # for ease of handling put single oid in a 1 element list
-                in_oid = [in_oid]
-            return in_oid
-
-        elif type(in_oid) is list and len(in_oid) == nof_oids:
-            # already is an array and of the right length
-            return in_oid
-        elif type(in_oid) is list and len(in_oid) != nof_oids:
-            # already is an array but the wrong length. Unable to handle this
-            raise ValueError("SNMP oids need to either be a single value or an array the size of the attribute dimensions. got: {} expected: {}x{}={}".format(len(in_oid),x,y,x*y))
-        else:
-            out_oids = []
-
-            for i in range(nof_oids):
-                out_oids.append(in_oid + ".{}".format(i+1))
-
-            return out_oids
-
-    def setup_attribute(self, annotation, attribute):
-        """
-        MANDATORY function: is used by the attribute wrapper to get read/write functions. must return the read and write functions
-        """
-
-        # process the annotation
-        oids = self._setup_annotation(annotation)
-
-        # get all the necessary data to set up the read/write functions from the attribute_wrapper
-        dim_x, dim_y = self.setup_value_conversion(attribute)
-        oids = self.get_oids(dim_x, dim_y, oids)
-
-        def _read_function():
-            vars = self.manager.get(self.host, *oids)
-
-            value = []
-            for i in vars:
-                val = snmp_to_numpy_dict[type(i.value)](str(i.value))
-                value.append(val)
-            return value
-
-        def _write_function(value):
-            for i in range(len(oids)):
-                    self.manager.set(self.host, oids[i], value[i])
-
-
-        # return the read/write functions
-        return _read_function, _write_function